GA light transport engine flame-out due fuel exhaustion caused by fuel mismanagement.

Attributes
ACN	159010
Time
Date	199010
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : miq airport : bog
State Reference	FO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 15000 msl bound upper : 15000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Light Transport, High Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : private pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 70 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	159010
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : overcame equipment problem
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Problem arose due to hurried state of events, early block out time, disorganization of ground crew personnel. Fuel was miscalculated and not visually checked resulting in an engine flame-out during cruise. Fuel gauges were grossly inaccurate. It was captain's second time over route. It was copilot's and load master's first time. Load master was a new employee and was not qualified to get as a load master. Company van which carries employees to work arrived within 35 mins of block out time. Aircraft which is usually configured and fueled the night before was not resulting in hurried state of affairs. Finally, aircraft and crew was operated in and environment where spanish was used as the primary language instead of english. Slowed operation resulted here.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GA LTT ENGINE FLAME-OUT DUE FUEL EXHAUSTION CAUSED BY FUEL MISMANAGEMENT.

Narrative: PROB AROSE DUE TO HURRIED STATE OF EVENTS, EARLY BLOCK OUT TIME, DISORGANIZATION OF GND CREW PERSONNEL. FUEL WAS MISCALCULATED AND NOT VISUALLY CHKED RESULTING IN AN ENG FLAME-OUT DURING CRUISE. FUEL GAUGES WERE GROSSLY INACCURATE. IT WAS CAPT'S SECOND TIME OVER RTE. IT WAS COPLT'S AND LOAD MASTER'S FIRST TIME. LOAD MASTER WAS A NEW EMPLOYEE AND WAS NOT QUALIFIED TO GET AS A LOAD MASTER. COMPANY VAN WHICH CARRIES EMPLOYEES TO WORK ARRIVED WITHIN 35 MINS OF BLOCK OUT TIME. ACFT WHICH IS USUALLY CONFIGURED AND FUELED THE NIGHT BEFORE WAS NOT RESULTING IN HURRIED STATE OF AFFAIRS. FINALLY, ACFT AND CREW WAS OPERATED IN AND ENVIRONMENT WHERE SPANISH WAS USED AS THE PRIMARY LANGUAGE INSTEAD OF ENGLISH. SLOWED OPERATION RESULTED HERE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.